VII- Ottomans : religious painting

The Ottoman studio not only dealt with the splendors of everyday life and
glories of the blood and State, self-satisfiedly accepting their position
as the pivot on which the destinies of Europe and Asia turned, but with
Koran illuminations, prayer books, mystical works and poems, history,
law, theology, education and mosques as well. The works of Nakkas Osman
and other Siyer-i Nebi illustrations are presented here.

VII- Ottomans : The classical age

The conquest of Selim I had brought to the Ottomans the tradition of the
Abbasid Caliphate, and their status had suddenly grown to that of a world
power. Under Suleyman the Magnificent, the expansion was even faster
and the Ottoman empire more or less became the world power.
The long term age was a fruitful period in terms of arts. Many artists
from Central Asia, Balkans, North Africa and Mesopotamia were gathered
in Istanbul, and so were their schools. Many paintings, scripts and
topographical prints were produced at that time. The illustrations
in this page are depicted from Suleymanname, Hunername, Sahansahname,
Surname and other individual scripts of heroic deeds of Sultans.

Presentations of gifts to Suleyman the Magnificent on the occasion of the
circumcision of his sons Bayezid and Cihangir in 1530.
Suleymanname.
Ali . Amir Beg Shirwani
Istanbul, 1558.
Hazine. 1517, folio 412a